Kwiga — an alternative to Getcourse with new opportunities for course creators

Both Kwiga and Getcourse do not limit functionality in subscriptions. The only difference lies in the number of users who will have access to the functionality and disk space. Unlike Getcourse, on Kwiga you pay for what you use. For example, if your online school is attended by about 200 students, it's better to buy a subscription for that number of participants and not overpay.

Kwiga offers a lower monthly subscription price — starting from just $15 per month for full functionality. This favorably distinguishes this educational platform and makes it a good choice for newcomers in the educational field. Meanwhile, the cost of working with Getcourse is 4 times higher — $60 per month for the minimum package of features.

The Kwiga online course platform offers free service setup and consultations for all users. There is also a 24/7 chatbot available to answer any questions. Getcourse offers the same capabilities, but with one difference — technical specialist services and consultations are paid. Their price starts from $50.

Meanwhile, the Getcourse platform offers only one type of LMS product — trainings. This severely limits teachers' possibilities for delivering educational material.

On Kwiga, you can create a team that will manage a series of trainings or webinars on the platform. They can be assigned any roles and given any access rights to your course materials. Getcourse, on the other hand, supports only 4 roles in a team: technical specialist for full account setup; editor of the site, blog, and webinars; mailing editor; and webinar moderator. As a result, on Kwiga, you can create an extended team of specialists with all possible roles, without being limited to pre-set ones.

The Kwiga course creation platform allows you to create tests with any task formats (tests, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, word formation from letters, surveys) and types of answers (text, images, files, voice messages). Getcourse offers only two task formats — single answer or multiple choice. Moreover, answers can only be given in comments under the task.

On Kwiga, you can use tools for gamifying educational content. Students accumulate points for completing tasks and tests. Meanwhile, the Getcourse educational platform also offers opportunities for implementing game mechanics in online trainings, but there is one 'but' — there is no summary table for each completed task.

Getcourse, on the other hand, does not have tools for creating multilingual trainings, so students only have access to videos in one language.

Getcourse also has a built-in CRM system, but it does not support data export. That is, if you decide to change platforms or send mailings to contacts on an external resource — it won't be possible.

Kwiga offers tools for recording webinars. Later, recorded videos can be combined into modules and turned into a full-fledged online course. Course creators can also conduct live broadcasts and communicate with their audience from small groups to tens of thousands of participants in any format — from personal correspondence to adding images and voice messages.
Kwiga supports integration with Youtube Live, Zoom Meetings, Zoom Webinars to expand opportunities for course creators. Meanwhile, creating webinars on Getcourse is only possible through Youtube Live, and conducting live sessions in Zoom is not integrated into the platform.

Getcourse is a large educational platform that sometimes experiences difficulties with expanding functionality. Therefore, many features that work on other popular services are unavailable here.